Florida Statute 741.7 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLIII
DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Chapter 741
MARRIAGE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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F.S. 741.07

741.07 Persons authorized to solemnize matrimony.—

(1) All regularly ordained ministers of the gospel or elders in communion with some church, or other ordained clergy, and all judicial officers, including retired judicial officers, clerks of the circuit courts, and notaries public of this state may solemnize the rights of matrimonial contract, under the regulations prescribed by law. Nothing in this section shall make invalid a marriage which was solemnized by any member of the clergy, or as otherwise provided by law prior to July 1, 1978.

(2) Any marriage which may be had and solemnized among the people called “Quakers,” or “Friends,” in the manner and form used or practiced in their societies, according to their rites and ceremonies, shall be good and valid in law; and wherever the words “minister” and “elder” are used in this chapter, they shall be held to include all of the persons connected with the Society of Friends, or Quakers, who perform or have charge of the marriage ceremony according to their rites and ceremonies.

History.—s. 1, Nov. 2, 1829; s. 2, ch. 1127, 1861; RS 2056; GS 2575; RGS 3934; CGL 5853; s. 1, ch. 28104, 1953; s. 1, ch. 74-372; s. 1, ch. 78-15; s. 34, ch. 95-401.

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Cases Citing Statute 741.07

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Metropolitan Dade County v. Shelton

375 So. 2d 32

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 12, 1979 | Docket: 1353029

Cited 3 times | Published

a license. Before any of the persons named in § 741.07 shall solemnize any marriage, he shall require

Hall v. MAAL

32 So. 3d 682, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 4142, 2010 WL 1212794

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2010 | Docket: 1662589

Cited 2 times | Published

statute applies solely to a person authorized by section 741.07, Florida Statutes (2002), to solemnize the

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Mar 8, 2006 | Docket: 3256445

Published

substantially the following question: Does section 741.07(1), Florida Statutes, authorize a minister

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 3, 1992 | Docket: 3257476

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may not solemnize a matrimonial contract. Section 741.07(1), F.S., provides in part: All regularly

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Florida Attorney General Reports | Filed: Sep 13, 1989 | Docket: 3257333

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exercise, except the power to appoint a deputy. Section 741.07(1), F.S., provides: All regularly ordained